I am not american and let me share my opinion with all of you.
1. US tri does not suck. It's amazing the amount of new women coming into scene in the last 2 years: zaferes, cook, kasper, spivey, tomlin, apart from gwen and sara true that has gone into 70.3. I do not know the reason why there are not men at the top now.The last ones were Hunter Kemper and Mat Reed...long ago.
2. I wonder if the men's field are focussing in local competition such us "the escape" series or go in longer distance, 70.3 and IM. I dont really know the money prices they can get in the us. races.... USA has been kind of a world apart in many sports such us football, baseball, ice hockey,basketball... because it is a big country and those sports are not popular around the world, except from basketball (but even NBA rules are different from FIBA rules)... So, maybe men try other sports that can allow them to get a life.
3. In my region in Spain, less than 3 million people, we have Gomez, Raña (former world champ. and doing IM now), and also Serrat and Abuin who are racing in the WTS from time to time... and some very good guys in middle distance...There is boom here, and there are a lot of kids already training and racing in school leagues (8-9 year olders and upwards)...
So, if there are many top american guys in IM and 70.3, there should be a good bunch in ITU...the reason, I DONT KNOW, but could be money, the sport is not apealing, not enough support to foster going into ITU racing...
Spaniard. Sorry for my english for the sensitive ones :P
1. US tri does not suck. It's amazing the amount of new women coming into scene in the last 2 years: zaferes, cook, kasper, spivey, tomlin, apart from gwen and sara true that has gone into 70.3. I do not know the reason why there are not men at the top now.The last ones were Hunter Kemper and Mat Reed...long ago.
2. I wonder if the men's field are focussing in local competition such us "the escape" series or go in longer distance, 70.3 and IM. I dont really know the money prices they can get in the us. races.... USA has been kind of a world apart in many sports such us football, baseball, ice hockey,basketball... because it is a big country and those sports are not popular around the world, except from basketball (but even NBA rules are different from FIBA rules)... So, maybe men try other sports that can allow them to get a life.
3. In my region in Spain, less than 3 million people, we have Gomez, Raña (former world champ. and doing IM now), and also Serrat and Abuin who are racing in the WTS from time to time... and some very good guys in middle distance...There is boom here, and there are a lot of kids already training and racing in school leagues (8-9 year olders and upwards)...
So, if there are many top american guys in IM and 70.3, there should be a good bunch in ITU...the reason, I DONT KNOW, but could be money, the sport is not apealing, not enough support to foster going into ITU racing...
Spaniard. Sorry for my english for the sensitive ones :P